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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Responsible Powerpoint Use

With Staff Training nearly upon us, I thought maybe a little advice on putting together a presentation might be in order. I was very much enjoying a presentation given by Seth Godin while researching motivational speakers at another blog called Small Business Marketing Strategies. Seth Godin's presentation is very worth checking out simply for it's humor but also for reminding us to think. His website describes his title as "Agent of Change" which I love. He points out the many silly things that tools supposedly made for people don't work and the ways they could be fixed. This led to Godin's blog which advertises his many books that all look like they would be fun reads. In this blog entry, he discusses the pitfalls of PowerPoint presentations and links to other sites that share advice on how to best use PowerPoint without abusing your audience.

T.Benjamin - Thanks for that. I've added it to my favorites. Garr Reynold's presentation to Google was great. You make a good point in your own presentation - reminds me of teachers who kill interesting topics by poor presentation with no emotion.

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